The big political news from last weekend's mayoral run-off elections in Italy was the defeat in Milan of the right-wing incumbent, Letizia Moratti, by Giuliano Pisapia, the candidate of the left. Prime Minister Berlusconi had put his political prestige on the line, making the election in his Milanese hometown and power base a referendum on his governance of Italy. The loss casts serious doubt on the future of the Berlusconi national government.
These pictures show Giuliano Pisapia in the last week of the campaign, visiting the Piazza Ovidio in the poor Milanese neighborhood of Salomone. The...